Trump announces travel ban affecting a dozen countries set to go into effect Monday

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is resurrecting the journey ban coverage from his first time period, signing a proclamation Wednesday evening stopping folks from a dozen nations from getting into the US.

The nations embrace Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

Along with the ban, which takes impact at 12:01 a.m. Monday, there might be heightened restrictions on guests from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

“I have to act to guard the nationwide safety and nationwide curiosity of the US and its folks,” Trump mentioned in his proclamation.

Ten of the 19 nations underneath the bans and restrictions are in Africa, 9 of these from majority Black African nations. A number of of these, together with Sierra Leone, Togo, and Equatorial Guinea, will not be identified for internet hosting armed teams that pose a serious risk to the West.

The checklist outcomes from a Jan. 20 govt order Trump issued requiring the departments of State and Homeland Safety and the Director of Nationwide Intelligence to compile a report on “hostile attitudes” towards the U.S. and whether or not entry from sure nations represented a nationwide safety threat.

Throughout his first time period, Trump issued an govt order in January 2017 banning journey to the U.S. by residents of seven predominantly Muslim nations — Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

It was one of the crucial chaotic and complicated moments of his younger presidency. Vacationers from these nations have been both barred from getting on their flights to the U.S. or detained at U.S. airports after they landed. They included college students and school in addition to businesspeople, vacationers and other people visiting family and friends.

The order, also known as the “Muslim ban” or the “journey ban,” was retooled amid authorized challenges, till a model was upheld by the Supreme Courtroom in 2018.

The ban affected varied classes of vacationers and immigrants from Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Libya, plus North Koreans and a few Venezuelan authorities officers and their households.

Trump and others have defended the preliminary ban on nationwide safety grounds, arguing it was aimed toward defending the nation and never based on anti-Muslim bias. Nonetheless, the president had referred to as for an specific ban on Muslims throughout his first marketing campaign for the White Home.